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Comment by einpoklum

The tax burden in the US already is mostly on the working class. Corporate tax rates were low and were reduced further during Trump's first term - and Biden made no attempt to raise them.

One should also remember that low minimum and median wages are "pre-burdening" the working class, i.e. constitute a different form of tilting the distribution of economic power, and access to goods and services, away from workers. And minimum and median US wages are quite low relative to the wealth of the US as a whole.

parent einpoklum 1 year ago

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